NCI Clinical Trials Training for Nurses

As part of its initiative to enhance clinical trial development on the island, the Consortium instituted a training program in clinical trial management for oncology nurses from Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Oncology nurses spend five weeks in the United States, rotating between oncology units at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center and the NCI branch at the National Naval Medical Center. Working closely with oncology nurse-preceptors, the nurses learn the components of clinical trial management, including the roles and responsibilities of team members. During training, the nurses focus on a team approach to managing clinical trials.

Eighteen nurses from the island of Ireland comprised the 2002-2008 rounds of nurse trainees.

Please check back for information on the 2009 Targeted Call for Clinical Trials Training Applications.

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Consortium Contact Information:

Northern Ireland
Ruth Boyd
Belfast City Hospital
NI Cancer Clinical Trials Unit
East Podium, C-Floor
Lisburn Road
Belfast BT9 7AB, Northern Ireland
Phone: 028-90-263903
Fax: 028-90-263897
Email: ruth.boyd@bch.n-i.nhs.uk

Ireland
Sarah Condell
Health Research Board
73 Lower Baggot Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
353 1 613 0179 (Fax)
Phone: 353 1 676 1176 ext 178
Email: scondell@hrb.ie